Shad Khan's soccer team will face D.C. United at EverBank Field on July 26

Fulham's Brede Hangeland (left) and teammate David Stockdale celebrate their 1-0 victory against Norwich at Craven Cottage, London on April 12.

It has been known for several months that the Fulham Football Club would play a friendly match July 26 in Jacksonville. On Friday, the opponent was revealed.

D.C. United of Major League Soccer will face Fulham, which was purchased last summer by Jaguars owner Shad Khan, at EverBank Field. Ticket information and kickoff time will be announced later this spring, but it is expected to be the stadium’s first event with the new scoreboards in each end zone.

Fulham will be making its Jacksonville debut.

“We’re looking forward to staging this match for fans of both types of football and introducing Fulham not only to Jacksonville, but to fans throughout the state and nation,” Khan said in a statement. “There is great passion in the Jacksonville area for soccer and this will be a rare opportunity to see our Fulham team play … against one of the premier professional franchises in American soccer.”

D.C. United-Fulham will be the second soccer event of the summer in town — the United States men’s national team play its final World Cup tune-up match June 7 against Nigeria. And in 2015, the locally owned Jacksonville Armada FC will begin play in the North American Soccer League.

Fulham will be in the United States this summer preparing for its new season, which starts in August. Whether that’s in the English Premier League or in the lower-level Championship Division is undetermined.

Fulham enters Saturday’s match against Hull City (9:55 a.m., NBC Sports Network) in 19th place out of 20 teams with 30 points. The bottom three teams are relegated to the lower division.

Fulham, which is on its third manager of the season, has three matches remaining to move out of the relegation zone.

D.C. United will play Fulham in between MLS matches against Chivas USA on July 20 and Toronto FC on July 30.

Through six MLS matches this year, D.C. United has two wins, losses and ties apiece. It is coached by former U.S. men’s national team player Ben Olsen.

D.C. United’s biggest name is probably Eddie Johnson, a Floridian who played six matches for Fulham in 2008 and scored five goals in 15 matches last year for the U.S. squad.